Data Center

The continued growth of Internet of Things (IoT), the rising volume of digital
traffic, and the increasing adoption of cloud-based applications are key
technology trends that are changing the landscape of data centers. Large or
extra-large cloud data centers now house many of the critical applicatio...

Over the last several years, we’ve seen a digital transformation take place in
which organizations have gone from building project-to-project websites to
building a digital factory platform to support delivery and management of
digital experience content and applications across their entire organiza...

Cloud computing has become so omnipresent that organizations are adopting it at
almost every layer of their business. While these cloud investments deliver
immeasurable benefits, they’ve also had unintended side effects—creating
complexity and introducing risk. This cloud sprawl is a major IT pain p...

Even when you’re confident that a
move to the cloud is good for your
business, it’s natural to have questions
and concerns about making the
change. After all, if your business
is running effectively with on-site
technology, you’ll likely want to learn
more about the security and payoffs
from a cloud...

Cloud computing has ushered in a golden era for software companies. The cloud’s
low barrier to entry allows
creativity to flourish, especially for software developers who are creating
applications directly on cloud-based
infrastructure. Cloud-based infrastructure enables developers to do what they
l...

Automated asset discovery and application
dependency mapping is a critical capability for
today’s IT teams. A deep understanding of the
software and services across your entire
infrastructure—from the data center to public,
private, and hybrid clouds—enables IT to play
a more strategic role in the o...

Think moving to the cloud will save you money?
Maybe it’s time to think again.
Unfortunately, the early excitement that accompanies
cloud strategies often turns into disappointment for many
enterprises, and sticker shock is a big reason why. Despite
performing the due diligence of estimating upfront...

To address the growing need for business users to harness the benefits of data
while
being shielded from technological complexity, data solution providers are
developing
graphically-driven products that allow business users to manage and manipulate
data
through point and click interfaces. Data integ...

This paper presents a design methodology suitable for applications that process
large
amounts of data in an enterprise environment. For a reliable enterprise
approach, it’s
very important that applications be robust, scalable, and extensible. To ensure
such
requirements are met, we propose an improv...

In reality, many applications are far from cloudready,
and some never will be. But almost every
new application will be cloud-enabled. So how do
you evolve your data center into a private cloud and
drive hybrid IT by connecting to public clouds, yet
still cater for the needs of your legacy software?...

The forces that gave rise to data warehousing in the 1980s are just
as important today. But from then until now, history reveals the
benefits and drawbacks of the traditional data warehouse, the NoSQL
options once seen as the replacement for data warehousing and, more
recently, the cloud versions of...

When evaluating architectures for an enterprise
big data platform and data analytics, Hadoop often
makes the shortlist. Hadoop burst onto the data
processing and analytics scene a decade ago with great
fanfare. The promise of this open source, Java-based
programming framework was threefold:
• Rewri...

As an executive, manager, or analyst, you’re well aware that
knowledge is power and that data properly analyzed on a
timely basis provides the insight necessary to make wellinformed
decisions and achieve a competitive advantage.
Today, companies have a much greater collection of more relevant
data ...

As enterprises become more distributed and migrate applications to the cloud,
they will need to diversify
their network performance management solutions. In particular, the network
operations team will need to
complement its packet-based monitoring tools with active test monitoring
solutions to enha...

Moving from a traditional on-premises delivery model to a cloud-based,
Software-as-a-Service strategy is a high-stakes, bet-the company
game for independent software vendors
— these are the secrets to winning it all

Cloud computing has ushered in a golden era for software companies. The cloud’s
low barrier to entry allows
creativity to flourish, especially for software developers who are creating
applications directly on cloud-based
infrastructure. Cloud-based infrastructure enables developers to do what they
l...

TIBCO Cloud Integration is a Digital Integration Platform that’s hosted on the
TIBCO Cloud. It serves two
principal audiences: ‘citizen integrators’ and integration specialists. It’s
also a seamless part of a broader
TIBCO integration capability set.

Organizations can now grow and pivot with previously
unimagined agility. Enticed by the promises of the cloud,
businesses of all sizes race toward digital transformation.
Since 2009, spending on cloud computing has grown at
4.5 times the rate of IT spending—exploding from $67
billion in 2015 to a pr...

Infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals
look to cloud computing services to enable
flexibility and scalability for agile applications,
but many fear vendor lock-in. Without
standardization, applications, products, and
entire businesses are vulnerable to the success
and decisions of a singl...

In recent years, it seems like technology is changing faster than it used
to in decades past. As employees devour newer technologies such as
smartphones, tablets, wearables, and other devices, and as they become
more comfortable with solutions such as Dropbox and Skype, their
demands on enterprise I...

For enterprises running SAP, the data security challenge has never been more
pressing.
GDPR has ushered in new guidelines for managing sensitive data—and significant
penalties
for mishandling it. It’s why enterprises are re-examining their roles,
processes, and policies
for handling it across their ...

Cloud computing introduces a significant shift in how technology is obtained,
used, and managed. It also shifts how organizations budget and pay for
technology services. Cloud computing benefits organizations by giving them the
ability to trade capital expense for variable expense, gain advantage fr...

Big data is a big deal. More than half of
enterprises globally view big data as an
opportunity, and plan to increase their
investments in big data in the next few years.
But big data’s value doesn’t come from
the collection of information; that’s just the
starting point. The real value of big data
...

When public cloud services began to catch on rapidly in 2009, many
executives saw the potential for saving money on licensing, support,
hardware, and management.
Others saw opportunities for innovation without the burden of on-premises
infrastructure.
Attracted by promises of IT power, flexibility,...

Data is the currency of the digital age, and most organizations
understand the imperative of leveraging their data to drive
business growth. But several considerations impact the success
of data management and business analytics efforts. In this Q&A,
Stan Christiaens, co-founder and CTO at Collibra,...

Today’s organizations are tasked with managing multiple data types, coming from
a
wide variety of sources. Faced with massive volumes and heterogeneous types of
data,
organizations are finding that in order to deliver insights in a timely manner,
they need a
data storage and analytics solution that ...

When looking at the characteristics of the
successful retailer of the future, you are
hard-pressed to find a more important
function than a consistently positive
customer relationship across all the
channels in which they want to shop. The
modern consumer engages with retailers
online via desktop, m...

It’s impossible to turn left or right these
days without hearing the words “big data”
or “cloud”—and for good reason. In order
to be competitive in today’s marketplace,
companies must make informed business
decisions that will produce real results,
whether those results are increasing
revenue, retai...

As organizations are collecting and analyzing increasing amounts of data,
traditional on-premises solutions for data storage, data management, and
analytics can no longer keep pace. Data siloes that aren’t built to work well
together make storage consolidation for more comprehensive and efficient
an...

Data has become the fuel of business innovation in proportion to the increase in
the
amount of data available. Sensors, video, news and social media streams, and
weather data
are only a few of the sources of data available to an enterprise, in addition to
their private
stores. The organization that ...

Introduction – The Modern CFO’s New Climate
Much has been written about the modern CFO and the new, modernized finance and
credit department. In the
past few years, the winds of change have pushed finance leaders out of their
roles as cost controllers, and they’re
now seen as key drivers of business...

When it comes to new regulations, most
organizations aren’t usually in possession of the
ball. More likely, they’re scrambling to organize a
good defense – building a solid wall in response to
an onslaught of new challenges.
And that’s a great place to start – especially when
you’re dealing with th...

Cost Savings And Business Benefits
Enabled By Flexera’s Data Platform
Flexera commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic
Impact™ (TEI) study and examine the potential return on investment (ROI)
enterprises may realize by deploying Flexera. The purpose of this study is
to provide r...

Data is everywhere
It’s embedded in our social media,
streaming across the Internet of Things,
and stored in the cloud. The volume
of data available globally is now being
calculated in zettabytes—an almost
incomprehensible measure. All kinds
of data inform our decisions—and new
data sources are bein...

“WATER, WATER, EVERY WHERE,
NOR ANY DROP TO DRINK.”
In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” Coleridge famously
describes the agony of sailors in a becalmed sea surrounded by
water they’re unable to drink.
To be sure, data lakes hold an
ocean of possibility for organizations
eager to put analytics to ...